At the Third Session of the 14th National Peoples Congress, Lei Haichao, the Director of the National Health Commission, pointed out the need to implement the “Weight Management Year” three-year action to popularize healthy lifestyles, and strengthen the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases.
Several days ago, Hainan Health Commission and its other 12 departments jointly issued the Activity Implementation Plan of “Weight Management Year” in Hainan. The plan is to encourage the second-level and above medical and health institutions in Hainan to set up weight management clinics or obesity prevention and treatment centers, integrate multidisciplinary resources, and provide obesity diagnosis and treatment services.
With the change of lifestyle, the long-term accumulation of bad habits and the deepening of population aging, the morbidity of chronic metabolic diseases in China is climbing year by year. Among them, obesity is particularly prominent and has become one of the major public health problems.
Li Chao, the Deputy Director of the Department of Clinical Nutrition, introduced, different age obesity will cause different health risks. Childrens obesity not only hinder normal growth and development, triggering bone problems and precocious puberty, but also is easy to make the child suffer from low self-esteem and other psychological barriers. Among adult groups, obesity will significantly increase the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension and other chronic diseases. For the elderly, obesity is undoubtedly a heavy burden on health, which will increase joint burden, result in joint pain, mobility, and significantly increase the risk of bone fracture. At the same time, it will induce chronic diseases, seriously threaten life and health, and greatly reduce the quality of life in later years.
Not only that, weight management is not purely about losing weight, but more importantly, it is about body metabolism management. In fact, not only obese patients need professional weight management, but also slim patients are facing the same health risks. For example, slimming may lead to decreased immunity, anemia and other problems. Facing troubles brought by obesity or slimming, many people are eager to change the superficial weight condition, but often ignore the scientific methods. Blind weight loss or weight gain is very likely to give rise to metabolic disorders. Not only is it easy for weight to rebound quickly, but it may also cause irreversible damage to such vital organs as our heart and liver, then further jeopardizing health.
In order to actively respond to the call to meet the urgent needs of the masses for scientific weight loss and health management, the Weight Management Center of Hainan Chengmei Hospital came into being.
Weight Management Center
On the basis of nutrition and weight loss clinic, the weight management center brings together a multidisciplinary team of professionals from endocrinology, cardiovascular medicine, sports rehabilitation, traditional Chinese medicine, psychology, gastroenterology, gastrointestinal surgery, orthopedics, and so on. The medical team will adopt diversified treatments combining medicines with non-pharmaceuticals, traditional Chinese medicine and western medicine, and medical and surgical combinations, to provide all-round and one-stop weight management services for the patients.
Shi Yaohui, the Secretary of the Party Committee of Hainan Cancer Hospital, Executive Director and President of Hainan Chengmei Hospital, said that weight management is not simply focusing on the change of weight figures. And he hoped that the weight management center would give full play to the advantages of multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment, combine the weight management with the prevention and control of chronic diseases, pay attention to the restoration of metabolic balance, solve the problem of recurrence of obesity caused by metabolic disorders, and enhance the weight management in a scientific and effective manner. Through these, Hainan Chengmei Hospital can contribute its power to realize the strategic goal of Healthy China.
Liu Yuehong, the Vice President of Hainan Cancer Hospital, presided over the inauguration ceremony for the Weight Management Center.
Hainan Cancer Hospital and Hainan Chengmei Hospital leaders Liu Yuehong, Yang Shufen, Wang Zhiying, Zhou Weiping, Zheng Yin, and the directors of administrative departments as well as clinical medical representatives attended the opening ceremony.
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